Absalon

... siamo, dopo tanta attesa eccomi sul suolo Danese. Ora mi trovo al campeggio Absolom nella periferia di Copenhagen: http://www.camping-absalon.dk Questa prima, ma importantissima, parte di viaggio è andata bene e senza intoppi. Il volo era in orario, la ...

Did you know that Bishop Absalon founded Copenhagen in 1167? He built a fortress which was "bombed" by the enemy having 47 Hanseatic stonecutters take it to bits in 1369. I am sure today it would have been done with just the push of a button. The ruins ...

... porta ad ammirare il castello di Christiansborg, splendidi edifici, la piazza di Hoibro con la statua equestre del vescovo Absalon (fu lui nel 1167 a costruire la fortezza che sarebbe diventata il nucleo fondamentale di Copenhagen) la Vor Frelsers Kirke, ...

... Open University in Tel Aviv. One of his most current teaching experiences involves - The Bible as an Ethno-Anthropological Text: Absalon Institute (1998-2009). Dr. Paz is the chief guide of the Pilgrimage Studies program of Israeli Ministry of Tourism as ...

... castle in Copenhagen for centuries but has been burnt and rebuilt several times. The ruins from the original 1167 castle of Bishop Absalon can be seen underneath the current building. They are in such poor condition that they are only worth a quick view. ...

... the parliament and houses some museums as well.  it is the site of the city's founding in 1167 by bishop absalon.  he built a castle to protect fishermen from pirates.  since than castles have been destroyed, dismantled and rebuilt. next, ...

... site. From the middle of the 12th century it grew in importance after coming into the possession of the Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167, the year traditionally marking the foundation of Copenhagen. The excellent harbour encouraged Copenhagen's ...

... a place where time seems to stop. This small town was one of the centers of the Vikings and was prominent until Bishop Absalon fortified a small town called Havn (now known as Kobenhavn, or Copenhagen to English speakers.) At that time Rosklide was no ...

... down the Strøget, and ended up at the Christiansborg Slot, the 4th incarnation of a castle or palace on the spot. Bishop Absalon (Copenhagen's founder) built his first castle here in 1167, which was destroyed by fire 600 years later, as did the next 2 ...

   Just when we thought German trains were incapable of anything but perfection, our departure from Hamburg was bridged by a several hour delay before leaving for Copenhagen, our current destination. Unfortunately there was no chocolate coconut ...

Decided on a quieter day. Took the Ostersundtag train to Helsingor to see "Macbeth's" castle. Walk out to the castle for our picnic lunch. Walked round nice little town. Had very large and good icecream and returned to camp site. Realise that we could ...

Café da manhã em Oslo - Noruega Chá da tarde em Gothenburg - Suécia Janta em Copenhagen - Dinamarca Este é o exato retrato de um dia em trânsito. Programado para ter ainda mais kms do que teve, nossa idéia era chegar em Oslo pela ...

Copenhagen tem 1.5 milhão de habitantes. A maior cidade até então e a de menor charme entre as vizinhas nórdicas. A princípio, além do dia estar cinzento, tudo parecia cinza. Enquanto não se acha Nyhavn (a região dos barquinhos atracados ...

So we set of from Berlin early in the morning towards Denmark. To get there we caught the ferry which was pretty cool and then ended up in Copenhagen in the late afternoon. However, we still had time to see some of the city as the sun doesn't go down ...

Today, we took the train to Helsingør, a town north of Copenhagen, which has a Renaissance era castle.  The town has built up quite a tourist industry around the fact that the English word for Helsingør is Elsinor, and tour busses line up to see ...

This morning after another ample breakfast--again a table by the window!--our ship pulled into the harbor in Copenhagen.  What a great experience that cruise was!  It wasn't as fancy as "regular cruises," but as I said earlier, we are easily ...